The American practical navigator : being an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy (1888)
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation, Cooper, Philip Henry, 1844-1912 · Washington : Govt. Print. Off. · leaf 52
uches the mercury, inwhich case no correction for the relative cajiacitics of the tube and cistern is necessary. In small tubes an error iscaused by what is called capillarity and by friction. Unlike other Ibiids, mercury is depressed by capillary action.Other error* to be noticed and allowed for… … ^MllMta!®
Navigation · Nautical astronomy
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